Drip-tray.



No. 807,548. PATENTED DEC. 19, 1905. H. GANSWINDT.

DRIP TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.12.1904.

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DRIP-TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed January 12, 1904. Serial No. 188,752.

T0 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN GANSWINDT, a subject of the German Emperor,and a resident of Mariendorfer Weg SchGneberg, near Berlin, in theGerman Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Drip-Trays,of which the following is an exact, full, and clear description.

This invention relates to improvements in drip-cups for beer-glasses orjugs, cups, and other drinking vessels, bottles, and the like.

The drip-cup according to the invention belongs to that class ofdrip-cups having an inwardly-bent rim or flange in which the droppingliquid is caught, means being provided for securing the drip-cup to thedrinking vessel.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means whereby thedrinking vessel is held together with the drip-cup and remains so whenin use, such means comprising a wire arrangement which is provided withwire prongs and can be readily inserted within or detached from thedrip-cup. In the construction of this part of the invention the elasticwire prongs adapted to secure the vessel and which do preferably notproject over the edge of the drip-cup are provided on an open elasticwire ring, which for the purpose of cleaning the drip-cup can be readilyremoved from the latter. In consequence of this arrangement and theremovability of the securing means a thorough cleaning of the drip-cupand its accessories can be easily effected as compared with knowndrip-cups, in which the securing members are firmly connected to thedrip-cup itself and can adhere witlh their projections to the cleaningmateria In the accompanying drawings a constructional form of a drip-cupaccording to the invention is shown, and Figure l is a plan, and Fig. 2a side elevation, of the same.

Figs. 1 and 2 show that the drip-cup a is provided with an inwardly-bentflange Z), so that an annular catching and collecting channel fordropping liquid is formed beneath the The elastic members, by which avessel or drinking-glass inserted within the drip cup is secured withthe latter, consist accord ing to the invention, of wire prongs c 0' 0which are connected together and form parts of an open elastic wire ringor yoke-shaped part d, (shown in Fig. 1 in dotted lines,) which issupported along the inner rim of the drip-cup covered by the flange b.When inserting a suitably-sized vessel, the wire prongs c c 0 whichpreferably do not project over the surface of the flange, forcethemselves apart and by gripping effect the secure attachment of thedrip-cup to the bottom of the drinking vessel.

The wire ring or gripping deviced is, on the one hand, automaticallyattached to the dripcup by merely being placed therein, since, owing toits elastic expanding power, it is firmly clamped at the outer edge ofthe cup, where for this purpose a groove may be provided, and, on theother hand, the gripping device is also automatically attached to thevessel within the drip-cup, since the wire prongs of the grippingdevice, which taper conically downward to the opening of the drip-cup,exert a spring action against the side of the drinking vessel, andconsequently adhere thereto. ably not project above the drip-cup, so asto enable the drip-cups provided with such wire prongs to be piled oneupon the other.

The gripping device d can be readily removed from the drip-cup. Owing tothis removability of the gripping device d with the prongs c 0 0 it isthus possible to release the drip-cup from all looking parts and tothoroughly clean same, as well as the gripping device Having nowparticularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,I declare that what I claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a drip-tray, the upper rim of which is curved inwardly anddownwardly, a gripping device for holding the drinking vessel or thelike to be secured to the drip-tray, the said gripping device consistingof an annular or yoke-shaped wire (Z which is located at the bottom ofthe drip-tray and pressing against the wall of the above-mentioned rimcan be readily inserted within or detached from the drip-tray and whichis provided with prongs extending from the bottom of the tray upwardlyand terminating in a downward bend to form an elastic grip.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

HERMANN GANSWINDT.

Witnesses HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

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